fixed the nagging problem of GUI elements being in their final position for one frame as i'm not setting them to their initial states pre-first tick, disabled BARYCENTRIC_CALCULATE until I can be assed to fix the 'reconstructed geometry data lags behind' issue

bin/data/entities/gui/hud/scripts/hud.lua

@@ -109,13 +109,15 @@ end )
 local fpsCounter = {
 	frames = 0,
 	time = 0,
-	freq = 0.1
+	freq = 0.1,
+	enabled = false,
 }
---[[
+
-text:callHook( "gui:UpdateText.%UID%", {
+if fpsCounter["enabled"] then
-	string = ""
+	text:callHook( "gui:UpdateText.%UID%", {
-} )
+		string = ""
-]]
+	} )
+end
 
 ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 	--[[
@@ -128,20 +130,20 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 	end
 	]]
 
---[[
+	if fpsCounter["enabled"] then
-	if fpsCounter["time"] > fpsCounter["freq"] then
+		if fpsCounter["time"] > fpsCounter["freq"] then
-		-- update text
+			-- update text
-		text:callHook( "gui:UpdateText.%UID%", {
+			text:callHook( "gui:UpdateText.%UID%", {
-			string = tostring(math.floor(fpsCounter["frames"] / fpsCounter["time"]))
+				string = tostring(math.floor(fpsCounter["frames"] / fpsCounter["time"]))
-		} )
+			} )
 
-		fpsCounter["time"] = 0
+			fpsCounter["time"] = 0
-		fpsCounter["frames"] = 0
+			fpsCounter["frames"] = 0
-	else
+		else
-		fpsCounter["frames"] = fpsCounter["frames"] + 1
+			fpsCounter["frames"] = fpsCounter["frames"] + 1
-		fpsCounter["time"] = fpsCounter["time"] + time.delta()
+			fpsCounter["time"] = fpsCounter["time"] + time.delta()
+		end
 	end
-]]
 
 
 	local controllerTransform = controller:getComponent("Transform")

bin/data/entities/gui/mainmenu/scripts/menu.lua

@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ local function handleSelectionIndex()
 	end
 end
 
-ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
+local function updateVisuals(self, dt)
-	handleSelectionIndex()
-
 	local static = Static.get(self)
 	if not static.alpha then
 		static.alpha = 0
@@ -148,10 +146,13 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 	if  static.alpha >= 1.0 then
 		static.alpha = 1.0
 	else
-		static.alpha = static.alpha + time.delta() * 1.5
+		static.alpha = static.alpha + dt * 1.5
+	end
+
+	if dt > 0 then
+		metadata.initialized = true
 	end
 
-	metadata.initialized = true
 
 	-- make background glow
 	local glow = 1 + math.sin(1.25 * time.current()) * 0.125
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 		if static.delta >= 1 then
 			static.delta = 1
 		else
-			static.delta = static.delta + time.delta() * 1.5
+			static.delta = static.delta + dt * 1.5
 			transform.position = Vector3f.lerp( static.from, static.to, static.delta )
 		end
 
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 		local transform = child:getComponent("Transform")
 		local metadata = child:getComponent("GuiBehavior::Metadata")
 		local speed = metadata.hovered and 0.25 or 0.0125
-		static.time = (static.time or 0) + time.delta() * -speed
+		static.time = (static.time or 0) + dt * -speed
 		transform.orientation = Quaternion.axisAngle( Vector3f(0, 0, 1), static.time )
 	end
 	-- circle out
@@ -233,7 +234,14 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 		local transform = child:getComponent("Transform")
 		local metadata = child:getComponent("GuiBehavior::Metadata")
 		local speed = metadata.hovered and 0.25 or 0.0125
-		static.time = (static.time or 0) + time.delta() * speed
+		static.time = (static.time or 0) + dt * speed
 		transform.orientation = Quaternion.axisAngle( Vector3f(0, 0, 1), static.time )
 	end
+end
+
+updateVisuals(ent, 0)
+
+ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
+	handleSelectionIndex()
+	updateVisuals(self, time.delta())
 end )

bin/data/entities/gui/pause/scripts/menu.lua

@@ -128,9 +128,8 @@ local function handleSelectionIndex()
 	end
 end
 
-ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
-	handleSelectionIndex()
 
+local function updateVisuals(self, dt)
 	local static = Static.get(self)
 	if not static.alpha then
 		static.alpha = 0
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 			closing = false
 			closed = true
 		else
-			static.alpha = static.alpha - time.delta()
+			static.alpha = static.alpha - dt
 		end
 	elseif closed then
 		timer:stop()
@@ -175,11 +174,13 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 		if not metadata.initialized then
 			static.alpha = 0
 		end
-		metadata.initialized = true;
+		if dt > 0 then
+			metadata.initialized = true;
+		end
 		if  static.alpha >= 1.0 then
 			static.alpha = 1.0
 		else
-			static.alpha = static.alpha + time.delta() * 1.5
+			static.alpha = static.alpha + dt * 1.5
 		end
 	end
 
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 		if static.delta >= 1 then
 			static.delta = 1
 		else
-			static.delta = static.delta + time.delta() * 1.5
+			static.delta = static.delta + dt * 1.5
 			transform.position = Vector3f.lerp( static.from, static.to, static.delta )
 		end
 
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 		local transform = child:getComponent("Transform")
 		local metadata = child:getComponent("GuiBehavior::Metadata")
 		local speed = metadata.hovered and 0.25 or 0.0125
-		static.time = (static.time or 0) + time.delta() * -speed
+		static.time = (static.time or 0) + dt * -speed
 		transform.orientation = Quaternion.axisAngle( Vector3f(0, 0, 1), static.time )
 	end
 	-- circle out
@@ -256,7 +257,14 @@ ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
 		local transform = child:getComponent("Transform")
 		local metadata = child:getComponent("GuiBehavior::Metadata")
 		local speed = metadata.hovered and 0.25 or 0.0125
-		static.time = (static.time or 0) + time.delta() * speed
+		static.time = (static.time or 0) + dt * speed
 		transform.orientation = Quaternion.axisAngle( Vector3f(0, 0, 1), static.time )
 	end
+end
+
+updateVisuals(ent, 0)
+
+ent:bind( "tick", function(self)
+	handleSelectionIndex()
+	updateVisuals(self, time.delta())
 end )

bin/data/shaders/common/macros.h

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 #endif
 #if BARYCENTRIC
 	#ifndef BARYCENTRIC_CALCULATE
-		#define BARYCENTRIC_CALCULATE 1
+		#define BARYCENTRIC_CALCULATE 0
 	#endif
 	#ifndef BUFFER_REFERENCE
 		#define BUFFER_REFERENCE 1

engine/src/ext/vulkan/rendermodes/deferred.cpp

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #if BARYCENTRIC
 	// 0 keeps a buffer for barycentric coordinates, 1 will reconstruct in the deferred pass
 	#ifndef BARYCENTRIC_CALCULATE
-		#define BARYCENTRIC_CALCULATE 1
+		#define BARYCENTRIC_CALCULATE 0
 	#endif
 #endif